Abbaye dAulne Triple Blonde Sur Lie

Brewed by Brasserie Val De Sambre
Style: Abbey Tripel
Gozée, Belgium

33cl, from Geers Oostakker, complex, not balanced, clear, good head, nice brew

75cl bottle from Habersham Liquors (Savannah, GA). Pours a hazy caramel/dirty brown color with a thin white head that diminishes quickly. Aroma is sweet malt, candy sugar, spice, faint hay and grass notes. Somewhat light and watery body with little notes on finish. Flavor is somewhat bland for a tripel with hints of yeast, bread, and slight honey coming through. Tinge of bitterness as the beer warms.

Name: Heylissem Triple Blonde
Date: 04/06/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brewfest, Classic City

Appearance: cloudy yellow, sudsy white head, sudsy lace,
Aroma: sweet candy malt aroma with a lot of spicyness,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, touch of candy sweetness, nice balancing spicyness, light bitterness comes from the spicy character,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Bottle. Clear medium to dark yellow color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, grain, light bread, moderate to light heavy yeasty, light barnyard. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (060408)

Small white head with a tan sun color to it, smell is citric and small aroma of fruits and spices. Water down in taste, just some sweetness going on on the palate leave s a mellow citrus taste

Pour is hazed golden yellow with lots of active carbonation and a frothy white head...smell is lightly citric and faintly spiced with hints of coriander and lots of yeast...not much going on in the flavor department, which was disappointing...lightly sweet with hints of citrus...watery body...watery but incredibly carbonated...lightly yeasty aftertaste...

Cold 750ml corked bottle: Pours a hazy lemon yellow color with a medium frothy ivory head that quickly diminishes to a layer. Aroma is of light grains, grass, some citrus and spice. Taste is of light grains and prominent earthy hops. Light to medium bodied and crisp, with good carbonation. Ending contains spice and citrus notes.

750ml bottle: Pours a hazy dark yellow color with floaties and a thin white head, aroma has lemons and spicy yeast, medium bodied with sharp carbonation, starts and ends lightly sweet with an acidic ending,